4-5 at Manatee Spgs

A warm Sunday afternoon, but a chilly night. The propane furnace took off the chill quickly Tuesday morning. After breakfast we took Gracie out the boardwalk along the spring run out to the Suwanee River. in the afternoon we launched the canoe and paddled out into the river, which is running fast and high after recent storms in Georgia. most of the manatees have left for the season, but there were still about 6 lazing in the clear spring run, including a 3' baby.

in the middle of the afternoon, Gracie did her service job of alerting me to something approaching from behind: two deer, which ambled through the campsite. G was ready to chase them, but was told not to and didn't. 

There was an alligator near the canoe launch, but we didn't see it.  So Gracie's wildlife list is at two: manatee and deer. Squirrels and domestic animals don't count.

Nobody blinks when we bring G into a store or restaurant. She behaves well.

Green green cypress trees. Flowers shifting to yellow and notably red: One field was so dense with Indian Paintbrush you'd think it was sown.